Merge pull request 'release: promote development → master (v1.21.0)' (#272) from development into master

backend/Dockerfile

@@ -49,14 +49,9 @@ COPY --from=build /out/backend /usr/local/bin/backend
 # Own the seed dictionary as the nonroot runtime user (UID 65532): a named volume
 # mounted at /opt/dawg inherits this ownership on first use, so the admin console
 # can write new version subdirectories at runtime. The volume preserves uploaded
-# versions across deploys and, once seeded, is not re-seeded (ARCHITECTURE.md §5).
+# versions across deploys and, once seeded, is not re-seeded — so after bootstrap
+# every dictionary change goes through the console, not a rebuild (ARCHITECTURE.md §5).
 COPY --from=dawg --chown=65532:65532 /dawg /opt/dawg
-# A second, UNSHADOWED copy of the build's DAWGs: the /opt/dawg volume mount hides the
-# image's copy there, so this is where engine.DeliverVersion reads the build version from
-# to add it (add-only) to the volume on boot — the deploy-delivers path that lets a bumped
-# BACKEND_DICT_VERSION go live for new games without an admin upload (ARCHITECTURE.md §5).
-COPY --from=dawg --chown=65532:65532 /dawg /opt/dawg-seed
 ENV BACKEND_DICT_DIR=/opt/dawg
-ENV BACKEND_DICT_SEED_DIR=/opt/dawg-seed
 ENV BACKEND_DICT_VERSION=${DICT_VERSION}
 ENTRYPOINT ["/usr/local/bin/backend"]

backend/cmd/backend/main.go

@@ -111,12 +111,6 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	}
 	logger.Info("database migrations applied")
 
-	// Deliver the build's dictionary version onto the persistent volume if a redeploy
-	// bumped it (add-only; old versions in-flight games pin are untouched), so the new
-	// dictionary is resident and can be activated below without an admin upload.
-	if err := engine.DeliverVersion(cfg.Game.DictDir, cfg.Game.DictSeedDir, cfg.Game.DictVersion); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("deliver dictionary version: %w", err)
-	}
 	registry, err := engine.OpenWithVersions(cfg.Game.DictDir, cfg.Game.DictVersion)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("load dictionaries: %w", err)
@@ -124,7 +118,6 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	defer func() { _ = registry.Close() }()
 	logger.Info("dictionaries loaded",
 		zap.String("dir", cfg.Game.DictDir),
-		zap.String("seed_dir", cfg.Game.DictSeedDir),
 		zap.String("version", cfg.Game.DictVersion))
 
 	// Admin console: an optional backend client to the Telegram connector
@@ -154,10 +147,10 @@ func run(ctx context.Context, cfg config.Config, logger *zap.Logger) error {
 	accounts := account.NewStore(db)
 	accounts.SetMetrics(tel.MeterProvider().Meter("scrabble/backend/account"))
 	games := game.NewService(game.NewStore(db), accounts, registry, cfg.Game, logger)
-	// Reconcile the active dictionary version with the registry: the build version
-	// (delivered above) becomes active so a redeploy that bumped it goes live for new
-	// games, except a newer version installed out-of-band through the admin console,
-	// which is not downgraded by a restart (docs/ARCHITECTURE.md §5).
+	// Reconcile the persisted active dictionary version with the registry: a
+	// version activated through the admin console (and written to the dictionary
+	// volume) is adopted again after a restart; otherwise the configured seed
+	// version is kept and persisted (docs/ARCHITECTURE.md §5).
 	if err := games.InitActiveVersion(ctx); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("init active dictionary version: %w", err)
 	}

backend/internal/account/account.go

@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ const guestDisplayName = "Guest"
 // and history. Guests are not reused — each bootstrap mints a new account. browserTZ
 // (the client's detected "±HH:MM" UTC offset) seeds the guest's time zone, falling
 // back to the 'UTC' default when empty or malformed.
-func (s *Store) ProvisionGuest(ctx context.Context, browserTZ, language string) (Account, error) {
+func (s *Store) ProvisionGuest(ctx context.Context, browserTZ string) (Account, error) {
 	accountID, err := uuid.NewV7()
 	if err != nil {
 		return Account{}, fmt.Errorf("account: new guest id: %w", err)
@@ -543,17 +543,9 @@ func (s *Store) ProvisionGuest(ctx context.Context, browserTZ, language string)
 	if tz == "" {
 		tz = "UTC"
 	}
-	// Seed the interface language from the client's detected locale (validated to a supported
-	// one), so a fresh guest's language-dependent server content — the ad banner, bot messages —
-	// is right from first contact rather than the 'en' column default until the client's later
-	// language reconcile catches up. An unsupported or absent code keeps the 'en' default.
-	lang := supportedLanguage(language)
-	if lang == "" {
-		lang = "en"
-	}
 	stmt := table.Accounts.
-		INSERT(table.Accounts.AccountID, table.Accounts.DisplayName, table.Accounts.IsGuest, table.Accounts.TimeZone, table.Accounts.PreferredLanguage).
-		VALUES(accountID, guestDisplayName, true, tz, lang).
+		INSERT(table.Accounts.AccountID, table.Accounts.DisplayName, table.Accounts.IsGuest, table.Accounts.TimeZone).
+		VALUES(accountID, guestDisplayName, true, tz).
 		RETURNING(table.Accounts.AllColumns)
 
 	var row model.Accounts

backend/internal/config/config.go

@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ func Load() (Config, error) {
 	gm := game.DefaultConfig()
 	gm.DictDir = envOr("BACKEND_DICT_DIR", gm.DictDir)
 	gm.DictVersion = envOr("BACKEND_DICT_VERSION", gm.DictVersion)
-	gm.DictSeedDir = envOr("BACKEND_DICT_SEED_DIR", gm.DictSeedDir)
 	if gm.TimeoutSweepInterval, err = envDuration("BACKEND_GAME_TIMEOUT_SWEEP_INTERVAL", gm.TimeoutSweepInterval); err != nil {
 		return Config{}, err
 	}

backend/internal/engine/deliver.go

@@ -1,92 +0,0 @@
-package engine
-
-import (
-	"errors"
-	"fmt"
-	"io"
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-)
-
-// DeliverVersion makes the build's dictionary version resident on the persistent
-// dictionary volume without disturbing the versions in-flight games already pin.
-//
-// The volume is seeded from the image once and never re-seeded, and the image's
-// /opt/dawg is shadowed by that volume mount, so a redeploy that bumped
-// BACKEND_DICT_VERSION cannot otherwise make the new DAWGs reachable at runtime.
-// The image therefore keeps an unshadowed read-only copy at seedDir, and this
-// copies it into dictDir/<version>/ when the version is not already present —
-// neither the flat seed's own recorded label nor an existing version
-// subdirectory. It is add-only and idempotent: the flat seed and any prior admin
-// uploads are never touched, so old games keep the version they pin while the new
-// one becomes resident and activatable (see game.Service.InitActiveVersion). A
-// blank seedDir disables delivery (the pre-existing seed-only behaviour).
-func DeliverVersion(dictDir, seedDir, version string) error {
-	if seedDir == "" || version == "" {
-		return nil
-	}
-	target := filepath.Join(dictDir, version)
-	if _, err := os.Stat(target); err == nil {
-		return nil // already delivered on a prior boot
-	} else if !errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-		return fmt.Errorf("engine: stat delivered dictionary %s: %w", target, err)
-	}
-	// A fresh volume is populated from the image and recorded as this version by the
-	// marker: it is the flat dir, so there is nothing to deliver. resolveSeedVersion
-	// records the label on first use, matching OpenWithVersions.
-	seed, err := resolveSeedVersion(dictDir, version)
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
-	if seed == version {
-		return nil
-	}
-	// Stage into a dot-prefixed directory (skipped by OpenWithVersions' version scan)
-	// then rename, so a crash mid-copy never leaves a half-populated version subdir.
-	staging := filepath.Join(dictDir, ".staging-deliver-"+version)
-	if err := os.RemoveAll(staging); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("engine: clear deliver staging %s: %w", staging, err)
-	}
-	if err := os.MkdirAll(staging, 0o755); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("engine: create deliver staging %s: %w", staging, err)
-	}
-	for _, file := range dictFiles {
-		src := filepath.Join(seedDir, file)
-		if _, err := os.Stat(src); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			continue // a variant absent from the seed is simply absent under this version
-		} else if err != nil {
-			_ = os.RemoveAll(staging)
-			return fmt.Errorf("engine: stat seed dawg %s: %w", src, err)
-		}
-		if err := copyFile(src, filepath.Join(staging, file)); err != nil {
-			_ = os.RemoveAll(staging)
-			return err
-		}
-	}
-	if err := os.Rename(staging, target); err != nil {
-		_ = os.RemoveAll(staging)
-		return fmt.Errorf("engine: publish delivered dictionary %s: %w", target, err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
-// copyFile copies a single file, truncating the destination.
-func copyFile(src, dst string) error {
-	in, err := os.Open(src)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("engine: open %s: %w", src, err)
-	}
-	defer func() { _ = in.Close() }()
-	out, err := os.OpenFile(dst, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0o644)
-	if err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("engine: create %s: %w", dst, err)
-	}
-	if _, err := io.Copy(out, in); err != nil {
-		_ = out.Close()
-		return fmt.Errorf("engine: copy %s -> %s: %w", src, dst, err)
-	}
-	if err := out.Close(); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("engine: finalise %s: %w", dst, err)
-	}
-	return nil
-}

backend/internal/engine/deliver_test.go

@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-package engine
-
-import (
-	"os"
-	"path/filepath"
-	"testing"
-)
-
-func TestDeliverVersion(t *testing.T) {
-	// A blank seed directory disables delivery (the pre-existing seed-only behaviour).
-	if err := DeliverVersion(t.TempDir(), "", "v1.3.1"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("blank seedDir: %v", err)
-	}
-
-	// An existing volume flat-seeded as v1.3.0 gets v1.3.1 delivered as a subdirectory,
-	// add-only: the flat seed's marker is left intact and the new version's DAWGs land.
-	dict := t.TempDir()
-	seed := t.TempDir()
-	if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(dict, seedMarkerFile), []byte("v1.3.0\n"), 0o644); err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	for _, f := range dictFiles {
-		if err := os.WriteFile(filepath.Join(seed, f), []byte("dawg:"+f), 0o644); err != nil {
-			t.Fatal(err)
-		}
-	}
-	if err := DeliverVersion(dict, seed, "v1.3.1"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("deliver v1.3.1: %v", err)
-	}
-	for _, f := range dictFiles {
-		got, err := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dict, "v1.3.1", f))
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatalf("delivered %s: %v", f, err)
-		}
-		if string(got) != "dawg:"+f {
-			t.Errorf("delivered %s = %q, want the seed bytes", f, got)
-		}
-	}
-	if m, _ := os.ReadFile(filepath.Join(dict, seedMarkerFile)); string(m) != "v1.3.0\n" {
-		t.Errorf("flat seed marker relabelled to %q (delivery must be add-only)", m)
-	}
-	// Idempotent: a second call is a no-op and leaves no staging directory behind.
-	if err := DeliverVersion(dict, seed, "v1.3.1"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("re-deliver v1.3.1: %v", err)
-	}
-	if entries, _ := os.ReadDir(dict); hasStaging(entries) {
-		t.Errorf("a staging directory survived delivery")
-	}
-
-	// On a fresh directory the build version becomes the flat seed, so nothing is delivered
-	// as a redundant subdirectory.
-	fresh := t.TempDir()
-	if err := DeliverVersion(fresh, seed, "v1.3.1"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("fresh deliver: %v", err)
-	}
-	if _, err := os.Stat(filepath.Join(fresh, "v1.3.1")); !os.IsNotExist(err) {
-		t.Errorf("fresh volume got a redundant v1.3.1 subdir; it should be the flat seed")
-	}
-}
-
-func hasStaging(entries []os.DirEntry) bool {
-	for _, e := range entries {
-		if len(e.Name()) >= len(".staging") && e.Name()[:len(".staging")] == ".staging" {
-			return true
-		}
-	}
-	return false
-}

backend/internal/engine/seedmarker.go

@@ -25,11 +25,11 @@ const seedMarkerFile = ".seed_version"
 //     BACKEND_DICT_VERSION) and return it — the seed of a fresh volume;
 //   - already-seeded directory: return the recorded marker and ignore bootVersion.
 //
-// So a later build seed never relabels the already-seeded flat bytes — which would void
-// games pinned to the prior label and mis-serve new ones. The new build version is instead
-// delivered as a NEW subdirectory (DeliverVersion) and made active (Service.InitActiveVersion),
-// so a redeploy still moves new games to it while old games keep the flat label. New games
-// pin the active version (DB-persisted); a console upload can also set it out-of-band.
+// So bumping the build seed on a live volume is a harmless no-op (it only takes
+// effect on a future fresh volume) instead of relabelling the already-seeded bytes —
+// which would void games pinned to the prior label and mis-serve new ones. New games
+// still pin the active version (DB-persisted, set by the admin console), which is the
+// real way a running contour moves to a new release.
 //
 // A directory that cannot be written makes the first record fail; that also breaks
 // the admin console (which writes version subdirectories here), so the error is

backend/internal/game/config.go

@@ -18,13 +18,6 @@ type Config struct {
 	// DictVersion labels the dictionary version new games pin. Sourced from
 	// BACKEND_DICT_VERSION.
 	DictVersion string
-	// DictSeedDir holds the image's read-only copy of the build's DictVersion DAWGs,
-	// on a path the persistent DictDir volume does NOT shadow. On boot the backend
-	// delivers this version into DictDir/<DictVersion>/ if absent (add-only), so a
-	// redeploy that bumped DICT_VERSION makes the new dictionary resident and activatable
-	// without disturbing the versions in-flight games already pin. Sourced from
-	// BACKEND_DICT_SEED_DIR; empty disables delivery (the pre-existing seed-only behaviour).
-	DictSeedDir string
 	// TimeoutSweepInterval is how often the sweeper scans for overdue turns.
 	// Sourced from BACKEND_GAME_TIMEOUT_SWEEP_INTERVAL.
 	TimeoutSweepInterval time.Duration

backend/internal/game/service.go

@@ -232,31 +232,21 @@ func (svc *Service) ActiveVersion() string {
 }
 
 // InitActiveVersion reconciles the persisted active dictionary version with the
-// registry at startup and makes the build's version (BACKEND_DICT_VERSION, delivered
-// resident by engine.DeliverVersion) authoritative: a redeploy that bumped the build
-// version thus activates it for new games without any admin step, while old games keep
-// the version they pin. The one exception is a version installed out-of-band through
-// the admin console that is NEWER than the build version and still resident — it is
-// kept, so a restart on an older image never downgrades a hotfix. A build version that
-// is not resident (delivery disabled or a partial state) falls back to a resident
-// persisted version. The chosen version is persisted so the admin console reflects it.
-// Call once during wiring, before serving traffic.
+// registry at startup. If a version was persisted and is resident, it becomes the
+// active version; otherwise the configured seed version is kept and persisted as
+// the initial active version. Call once during wiring, before serving traffic.
 func (svc *Service) InitActiveVersion(ctx context.Context) error {
 	persisted, ok, err := svc.store.GetActiveDictVersion(ctx)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	target := svc.activeVersion() // the build seed version (config.DictVersion)
-	if ok && svc.versionResident(persisted) && compareDictVersions(persisted, target) > 0 {
-		target = persisted // a newer out-of-band install wins over the build version
+	if ok && svc.versionResident(persisted) {
+		svc.verMu.Lock()
+		svc.version = persisted
+		svc.verMu.Unlock()
+		return nil
 	}
-	if !svc.versionResident(target) && ok && svc.versionResident(persisted) {
-		target = persisted // the build version is unloadable — keep a resident one
-	}
-	svc.verMu.Lock()
-	svc.version = target
-	svc.verMu.Unlock()
-	return svc.store.SetActiveDictVersion(ctx, target)
+	return svc.store.SetActiveDictVersion(ctx, svc.activeVersion())
 }
 
 // SetActiveVersion records version as the active dictionary version, persisting it

backend/internal/game/version.go

@@ -1,45 +0,0 @@
-package game
-
-import (
-	"strconv"
-	"strings"
-)
-
-// compareDictVersions orders two dictionary version labels of the shape "vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH"
-// numerically, returning -1, 0 or +1 as a is less than, equal to or greater than b. Labels
-// that do not parse fall back to a byte comparison, so the ordering is always total (a mixed
-// or malformed pair never crashes the boot-time active-version reconcile).
-func compareDictVersions(a, b string) int {
-	pa, oka := parseDictVersion(a)
-	pb, okb := parseDictVersion(b)
-	if !oka || !okb {
-		return strings.Compare(a, b)
-	}
-	for i := range pa {
-		if pa[i] != pb[i] {
-			if pa[i] < pb[i] {
-				return -1
-			}
-			return 1
-		}
-	}
-	return 0
-}
-
-// parseDictVersion parses a "vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH" label into its three numeric parts, reporting
-// whether it matched that shape.
-func parseDictVersion(v string) ([3]int, bool) {
-	parts := strings.Split(strings.TrimPrefix(v, "v"), ".")
-	if len(parts) != 3 {
-		return [3]int{}, false
-	}
-	var out [3]int
-	for i, p := range parts {
-		n, err := strconv.Atoi(p)
-		if err != nil {
-			return [3]int{}, false
-		}
-		out[i] = n
-	}
-	return out, true
-}

backend/internal/game/version_test.go

@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-package game
-
-import "testing"
-
-func TestCompareDictVersions(t *testing.T) {
-	cases := []struct {
-		a, b string
-		want int
-	}{
-		{"v1.3.0", "v1.3.1", -1},
-		{"v1.3.1", "v1.3.0", 1},
-		{"v1.3.1", "v1.3.1", 0},
-		{"v1.3.9", "v1.3.10", -1}, // numeric, not lexical
-		{"v1.10.0", "v1.9.0", 1},
-		{"v2.0.0", "v1.9.9", 1},
-		{"1.3.1", "v1.3.1", 0}, // the leading v is optional
-		// Non-semver falls back to a byte comparison, keeping the ordering total.
-		{"weird", "weird", 0},
-		{"a", "b", -1},
-	}
-	for _, c := range cases {
-		if got := compareDictVersions(c.a, c.b); sign(got) != c.want {
-			t.Errorf("compareDictVersions(%q, %q) = %d, want sign %d", c.a, c.b, got, c.want)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func sign(n int) int {
-	switch {
-	case n < 0:
-		return -1
-	case n > 0:
-		return 1
-	default:
-		return 0
-	}
-}

backend/internal/inttest/account_test.go

@@ -229,36 +229,21 @@ func TestProvisionSeedsTimeZone(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("TimeZone = %q, want UTC fallback for a malformed offset", bad.TimeZone)
 	}
 
-	// A guest is seeded its detected offset and interface language; an empty offset keeps the
-	// UTC default and an empty/unsupported language keeps the 'en' default.
-	guest, err := store.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "-05:30", "ru")
+	// A guest is seeded its detected offset; an empty one keeps the UTC default.
+	guest, err := store.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "-05:30")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("provision guest: %v", err)
 	}
 	if guest.TimeZone != "-05:30" {
 		t.Errorf("guest TimeZone = %q, want the seeded -05:30", guest.TimeZone)
 	}
-	if guest.PreferredLanguage != "ru" {
-		t.Errorf("guest PreferredLanguage = %q, want the seeded ru", guest.PreferredLanguage)
-	}
-	plainGuest, err := store.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "", "")
+	plainGuest, err := store.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("provision plain guest: %v", err)
 	}
 	if plainGuest.TimeZone != "UTC" {
 		t.Errorf("plain guest TimeZone = %q, want UTC default", plainGuest.TimeZone)
 	}
-	if plainGuest.PreferredLanguage != "en" {
-		t.Errorf("plain guest PreferredLanguage = %q, want en default", plainGuest.PreferredLanguage)
-	}
-	// An unsupported locale falls back to the 'en' default rather than persisting a junk value.
-	frGuest, err := store.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "", "fr-FR")
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("provision fr guest: %v", err)
-	}
-	if frGuest.PreferredLanguage != "en" {
-		t.Errorf("unsupported-locale guest PreferredLanguage = %q, want en default", frGuest.PreferredLanguage)
-	}
 }
 
 // TestProvisionTelegramUnknownLanguageDefaults checks an unsupported Telegram

backend/internal/inttest/delete_test.go

@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ func TestConfirmCodeClearsGuest(t *testing.T) {
 	mailer := &capturingMailer{}
 	svc := account.NewEmailService(store, mailer, "https://erudit-game.ru")
 
-	guest, err := store.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "", "")
+	guest, err := store.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("provision guest: %v", err)
 	}

backend/internal/inttest/dictionary_update_test.go

@@ -103,31 +103,14 @@ func TestDictionaryUpdateFlow(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("installed dawg missing on disk: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	// The choice survives a restart on the SAME build: an out-of-band admin install newer
-	// than the build version is not downgraded (a restart on an older image keeps the hotfix).
+	// The choice survives a restart: a fresh service over the same DB and registry
+	// re-adopts the persisted active version.
 	restarted := newGameServiceOn(dir, "v1.0.0", reg)
 	if err := restarted.InitActiveVersion(ctx); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("restart init: %v", err)
 	}
 	if got := restarted.ActiveVersion(); got != "v9.9.9" {
-		t.Errorf("restarted active version = %q, want v9.9.9 (a newer out-of-band install is kept)", got)
-	}
-
-	// A redeploy that delivered a build version NEWER than the out-of-band one activates it
-	// for new games without any admin step (the deploy-delivers path — docs/ARCHITECTURE.md §5).
-	if _, err := reg.LoadAvailable(dir, "v10.0.0"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("make v10.0.0 resident: %v", err)
-	}
-	deployed := newGameServiceOn(dir, "v10.0.0", reg)
-	if err := deployed.InitActiveVersion(ctx); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("deploy init: %v", err)
-	}
-	if got := deployed.ActiveVersion(); got != "v10.0.0" {
-		t.Errorf("deployed active version = %q, want v10.0.0 (a newer build version wins)", got)
-	}
-	// Restore the out-of-band active version so the assertions below still read v9.9.9.
-	if err := restarted.SetActiveVersion(ctx, "v9.9.9"); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("restore active: %v", err)
+		t.Errorf("restarted active version = %q, want v9.9.9 (persisted)", got)
 	}
 
 	// New games pin the new version; the in-progress game keeps its own, still resident.

backend/internal/inttest/email_test.go

@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ func TestConfirmByTokenLinkClearsGuest(t *testing.T) {
 	store := account.NewStore(testDB)
 	mailer := &capturingMailer{}
 	svc := account.NewEmailService(store, mailer, "https://erudit-game.ru")
-	guest, err := store.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "", "")
+	guest, err := store.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("provision guest: %v", err)
 	}

backend/internal/inttest/helpers.go

@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ func provisionAccount(t *testing.T) uuid.UUID {
 // provisionGuest creates a fresh ephemeral guest account and returns its id.
 func provisionGuest(t *testing.T) uuid.UUID {
 	t.Helper()
-	acc, err := account.NewStore(testDB).ProvisionGuest(context.Background(), "", "")
+	acc, err := account.NewStore(testDB).ProvisionGuest(context.Background(), "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("provision guest: %v", err)
 	}

backend/internal/inttest/merge_test.go

@@ -347,10 +347,8 @@ func TestAccountLinkEmailMergeIntoCaller(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestAccountLinkGuestInversion auto-merges a guest initiator into the durable account that
-// owns the email AT THE CONFIRM STEP (no merge confirmation): the guest is retired, the durable
-// account wins and a fresh session is minted for it (the client adopts the switch and lands on
-// the durable account as if it simply logged in).
+// TestAccountLinkGuestInversion merges a guest initiator into the durable account
+// that owns the email: the durable account wins and a fresh session is minted.
 func TestAccountLinkGuestInversion(t *testing.T) {
 	ctx := context.Background()
 	store := account.NewStore(testDB)
@@ -366,18 +364,17 @@ func TestAccountLinkGuestInversion(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("request: %v", err)
 	}
 	code := sixDigit.FindString(mailer.lastBody)
-	confirm, err := links.ConfirmEmail(ctx, guest, email, code)
-	if err != nil {
+	if _, err := links.ConfirmEmail(ctx, guest, email, code); err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("confirm: %v", err)
 	}
-	// A guest initiator does not get a MergeRequired confirmation — the merge runs inline.
-	if !confirm.Merged || confirm.MergeRequired {
-		t.Fatalf("confirm = %+v, want an inline (auto) merge", confirm)
+	merge, err := links.MergeEmail(ctx, guest, email, code)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("merge: %v", err)
 	}
-	if confirm.Merge.PrimaryID != durable {
-		t.Fatalf("primary = %s, want durable %s", confirm.Merge.PrimaryID, durable)
+	if merge.PrimaryID != durable {
+		t.Fatalf("primary = %s, want durable %s", merge.PrimaryID, durable)
 	}
-	if confirm.Merge.SwitchedToken == "" {
+	if merge.SwitchedToken == "" {
 		t.Error("a guest initiator whose durable counterpart wins must get a switched session token")
 	}
 	if mergedInto(t, guest) != durable {
@@ -388,33 +385,6 @@ func TestAccountLinkGuestInversion(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-// TestAccountLinkGuestAutoMergeActiveGameConflict guards that a guest's auto-merge is REFUSED
-// (not silently swallowed) at the confirm step when the guest and the durable account share an
-// active game: the caller surfaces ErrActiveGameConflict (mapped to a clear "finish that game
-// first" message) rather than seating one player against themselves.
-func TestAccountLinkGuestAutoMergeActiveGameConflict(t *testing.T) {
-	ctx := context.Background()
-	mailer := &capturingMailer{}
-	links := newLinkService(mailer)
-
-	durable := provisionAccount(t)
-	email := "conflict-" + uuid.NewString() + "@example.com"
-	bindEmailIdentity(t, durable, email)
-	guest := provisionGuest(t)
-	seatGame(t, []uuid.UUID{durable, guest}, 24*time.Hour) // an active game the two share
-
-	if err := links.RequestEmail(ctx, guest, email); err != nil {
-		t.Fatalf("request: %v", err)
-	}
-	code := sixDigit.FindString(mailer.lastBody)
-	if _, err := links.ConfirmEmail(ctx, guest, email, code); err != accountmerge.ErrActiveGameConflict {
-		t.Fatalf("confirm = %v, want ErrActiveGameConflict surfaced by the auto-merge", err)
-	}
-	if mergedInto(t, guest) != uuid.Nil {
-		t.Error("a refused auto-merge must not tombstone the guest")
-	}
-}
-
 // TestAccountLinkFreeVK binds a free VK identity (gateway-validated, no code) and
 // promotes a guest to durable — the ConfirmVK counterpart of the free-email case.
 func TestAccountLinkFreeVK(t *testing.T) {

backend/internal/inttest/userlist_test.go

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ func TestUserListFilter(t *testing.T) {
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("provision robot: %v", err)
 	}
-	guest, err := st.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "", "")
+	guest, err := st.ProvisionGuest(ctx, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("provision guest: %v", err)
 	}

backend/internal/link/service.go

@@ -31,39 +31,13 @@ func NewService(emails *account.EmailService, accounts *account.Store, merger *a
 	return &Service{emails: emails, accounts: accounts, merger: merger, sessions: sessions}
 }
 
-// ConfirmResult reports the outcome of a confirm step. Exactly one of Linked,
-// MergeRequired or Merged is set. SecondaryID is the account to be retired when a merge
-// is required (the caller renders an irreversible-merge confirmation from it). Merged is
-// set when the caller was a guest, so the merge ran inline (see confirmOrAutoMerge) and
-// Merge carries its result (the switched-session token for the surviving durable account).
+// ConfirmResult reports the outcome of a confirm step. Exactly one of Linked or
+// MergeRequired is set; SecondaryID is the account to be retired when a merge is
+// required (the caller renders an irreversible-merge confirmation from it).
 type ConfirmResult struct {
 	Linked        bool
 	MergeRequired bool
 	SecondaryID   uuid.UUID
-	Merged        bool
-	Merge         MergeResult
-}
-
-// confirmOrAutoMerge decides a required merge at the confirm step. A durable caller gets
-// the explicit MergeRequired confirmation (consolidating two real accounts is irreversible
-// and consequential — the user must see it). A GUEST caller does not: by the guest-primary
-// rule the durable other account survives and the ephemeral guest is retired, folding its
-// games/wallet/stats in — from the user's side it is simply "logged into my account", so the
-// merge runs inline and the client just adopts the switched session. The active-game guard can
-// still refuse (accountmerge.ErrActiveGameConflict), surfaced to the caller unchanged.
-func (s *Service) confirmOrAutoMerge(ctx context.Context, callerID, owner uuid.UUID) (ConfirmResult, error) {
-	caller, err := s.accounts.GetByID(ctx, callerID)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ConfirmResult{}, err
-	}
-	if !caller.IsGuest {
-		return ConfirmResult{MergeRequired: true, SecondaryID: owner}, nil
-	}
-	res, err := s.merge(ctx, callerID, owner)
-	if err != nil {
-		return ConfirmResult{}, err
-	}
-	return ConfirmResult{Merged: true, Merge: res}, nil
 }
 
 // MergeResult reports a completed merge. PrimaryID is the surviving account.
@@ -93,7 +67,7 @@ func (s *Service) ConfirmEmail(ctx context.Context, accountID uuid.UUID, email,
 		}
 		return ConfirmResult{Linked: true}, nil
 	}
-	return s.confirmOrAutoMerge(ctx, accountID, owner)
+	return ConfirmResult{MergeRequired: true, SecondaryID: owner}, nil
 }
 
 // MergeEmail re-verifies the code and merges the address's account into the
@@ -129,7 +103,7 @@ func (s *Service) ConfirmTelegram(ctx context.Context, callerID uuid.UUID, exter
 	if owner == callerID {
 		return ConfirmResult{Linked: true}, nil
 	}
-	return s.confirmOrAutoMerge(ctx, callerID, owner)
+	return ConfirmResult{MergeRequired: true, SecondaryID: owner}, nil
 }
 
 // MergeTelegram merges the account owning a gateway-validated Telegram identity
@@ -176,7 +150,7 @@ func (s *Service) ConfirmVK(ctx context.Context, callerID uuid.UUID, externalID
 	if owner == callerID {
 		return ConfirmResult{Linked: true}, nil
 	}
-	return s.confirmOrAutoMerge(ctx, callerID, owner)
+	return ConfirmResult{MergeRequired: true, SecondaryID: owner}, nil
 }
 
 // MergeVK merges the account owning a gateway-validated VK identity into the caller's

backend/internal/server/handlers_auth.go

@@ -160,20 +160,16 @@ type guestAuthRequest struct {
 	// Subtype is the client-reported device family (ios/android/web) of this direct
 	// (web/native) session; there is no external signer, so it is recorded best-effort.
 	Subtype string `json:"subtype"`
-	// Language is the client's detected interface locale, seeding the fresh guest's
-	// interface language (best-effort; an unsupported/absent value keeps the 'en' default).
-	Language string `json:"language"`
 }
 
 // handleGuestAuth provisions a fresh ephemeral guest account and mints a session,
-// seeding its time zone from the optional detected browser offset and its interface
-// language from the optional detected locale.
+// seeding its time zone from the optional detected browser offset.
 func (s *Server) handleGuestAuth(c *gin.Context) {
-	// The body is optional: an absent or malformed one simply yields no time-zone/language seed
-	// (the account keeps the UTC / 'en' defaults), so a bind error must not fail the bootstrap.
+	// The body is optional: an absent or malformed one simply yields no time-zone seed
+	// (the account keeps the UTC default), so a bind error must not fail the bootstrap.
 	var req guestAuthRequest
 	_ = c.ShouldBindJSON(&req)
-	acc, err := s.accounts.ProvisionGuest(c.Request.Context(), req.BrowserTZ, req.Language)
+	acc, err := s.accounts.ProvisionGuest(c.Request.Context(), req.BrowserTZ)
 	if err != nil {
 		s.abortErr(c, err)
 		return

backend/internal/server/handlers_link.go

@@ -285,12 +285,6 @@ func (s *Server) handleLinkVKMerge(c *gin.Context) {
 // or a completed link (the active account's refreshed profile).
 func (s *Server) confirmResultResponse(c *gin.Context, activeID uuid.UUID, res link.ConfirmResult) linkResultResponse {
 	ctx := c.Request.Context()
-	if res.Merged {
-		// A guest initiator's merge ran inline (the guest-primary rule; no confirmation step),
-		// so render the completed merge — the client adopts the switched session and lands on
-		// the surviving durable account as if it simply logged in.
-		return s.mergeResultResponse(c, res.Merge)
-	}
 	if res.MergeRequired {
 		out := linkResultResponse{Status: "merge_required", SecondaryUserID: res.SecondaryID.String()}
 		if acc, err := s.accounts.GetByID(ctx, res.SecondaryID); err == nil {

deploy/README.md

@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ without it Docker's resolver handles `otelcol`, `gateway` and `api.telegram.org`
 | --- | --- | --- | --- |
 | `POSTGRES_DB` | variable | `scrabble` | Database name. |
 | `POSTGRES_USER` | variable | `scrabble` | Database user. |
-| `DICT_VERSION` | variable (shared) | `v1.3.1` | `scrabble-dictionary` release tag baked into the backend image (build-arg). **Deploy-authoritative**: a redeploy that bumped it **delivers** the version onto the volume (add-only) and **activates** it for new games — old games keep the version they pin, and a newer out-of-band console upload is never downgraded (ARCHITECTURE.md §5). The `.seed_version` marker still guards the flat seed's label (a bump is delivered as a new subdirectory, never a relabel). One shared unprefixed Gitea variable seeds both contours and pins the CI test suite. |
+| `DICT_VERSION` | variable (shared) | `v1.3.1` | `scrabble-dictionary` release tag baked into the backend image as the **seed for a fresh volume** (build-arg). A live contour changes dictionary through the admin console, not this; on a seeded volume a changed value is ignored (the recorded `.seed_version` marker wins — the seed-drift guard, ARCHITECTURE.md §5). One shared unprefixed Gitea variable seeds both contours and pins the CI test suite. |
 | `LOG_LEVEL` | variable | `info` | Shared log level for backend / gateway / validator / bot (`debug\|info\|warn\|error`). |
 | `CADDY_SITE_ADDRESS` | variable | `:80` | Caddy site address. Test: `:80` (host caddy terminates TLS). Prod: a domain, so caddy does its own ACME. |
 | `GM_BASICAUTH_USER` | variable | `gm` | Username for the `/_gm` Basic-Auth. |
@@ -176,14 +176,10 @@ For local builds set `DICT_VERSION` in `deploy/.env` (template: `.env.example`);
 `docker build` needs `--build-arg DICT_VERSION=vX.Y.Z`. The Dockerfiles and `compose` carry no
 default — a missing value fails loudly instead of baking a stale tag.
 
-Bumping `DICT_VERSION` and **redeploying** takes a live contour/prod to the new dictionary:
-on boot the backend **delivers** the build's version onto the volume (add-only, into
-`BACKEND_DICT_DIR/<version>/` from the unshadowed `BACKEND_DICT_SEED_DIR`) and **activates** it,
-so new games pin it while in-flight games keep the version they started on. The `.seed_version`
-marker still guards the flat seed's label (the delivery is a new subdirectory, never a relabel).
-The admin console `/_gm/dictionary` (upload the tarball, preview the per-variant diff, confirm)
-remains for an **out-of-band** update without a redeploy; a console version newer than the build
-survives a later restart on an older image (ARCHITECTURE.md §5).
+Bumping the seed is a **no-op on a live volume** (the `.seed_version` marker wins — the
+seed-drift guard). A running contour/prod moves to a new release **through the admin console**
+`/_gm/dictionary` (upload the tarball, preview the per-variant diff, confirm); in-flight games
+keep their pinned version, new games use the new one (ARCHITECTURE.md §5).
 
 ## Production rollout
 

docs/ARCHITECTURE.md

@@ -446,27 +446,22 @@ Key points:
   version while new games use the new one. A restart re-loads every resident
   version via `engine.OpenWithVersions` (the flat seed plus each subdirectory,
   skipping the `.staging/` upload area) and restores the active pointer from
-  `dictionary_state`. The volume preserves uploaded versions across redeploys, so
-  in-flight games keep replaying on the version they pin. The build's
-  `BACKEND_DICT_VERSION` is **deploy-authoritative**: on boot `engine.DeliverVersion`
-  copies the image's DAWGs — kept unshadowed at `BACKEND_DICT_SEED_DIR`, since the
-  volume mount hides the image's `BACKEND_DICT_DIR` copy — into
-  `BACKEND_DICT_DIR/<version>/` when that version is not already resident (**add-only**:
-  the flat seed and prior uploads are never touched), and `InitActiveVersion` makes it
-  the active version. So a redeploy that bumped `DICT_VERSION` moves new games to the
-  new dictionary automatically, while old games stay on theirs — no console step. The
-  one exception: a version installed out-of-band through the console that is **newer**
-  than the build version and still resident is kept, so a restart on an older image never
-  downgrades a hotfix (versions compare numerically). Because the flat DAWGs carry no
-  embedded version, `OpenWithVersions` records the version the flat directory was first
-  seeded at in a `.seed_version` marker and treats it as authoritative for **that flat
-  directory** (the **seed-drift guard**): a later `BACKEND_DICT_VERSION` never relabels
-  the already-seeded flat bytes — it is delivered as a **new subdirectory** instead — so
-  the guard still prevents mis-serving a game pinned to the flat label. The console
-  remains the way to update a dictionary **without** a redeploy (an out-of-band upload).
-  Set `DICT_VERSION` per contour from the deploy's `TEST_`/`PROD_DICT_VERSION`. (The
-  dictionaries ship as a versioned **release artifact** from the `scrabble-dictionary`
-  repo.)
+  `dictionary_state`. The volume preserves uploaded versions across redeploys;
+  once seeded it is not re-seeded, so after bootstrap dictionary changes go through
+  the console rather than a rebuild. Because the flat DAWGs carry no embedded
+  version, `OpenWithVersions` records the version the flat directory was first seeded
+  at in a `.seed_version` marker on the volume and treats that marker as
+  **authoritative** (the **seed-drift guard**): on an already-seeded volume a later
+  `BACKEND_DICT_VERSION` is ignored, so a bumped build seed cannot relabel the
+  already-seeded bytes — which would otherwise silently serve the wrong dictionary
+  and void games pinned to the prior label. A running contour therefore moves to a
+  new release **through the console** (the prior version stays resident, so its games
+  keep replaying), and `DICT_VERSION` is the seed for a **fresh** volume only:
+  bumping it on a live contour is a harmless no-op that takes effect on the next
+  fresh volume. Set it per contour from the deploy's `TEST_`/`PROD_DICT_VERSION`.
+  (The dictionaries ship as a versioned **release artifact** from the
+  `scrabble-dictionary` repo; the build's `DICT_VERSION` selects
+  only the seed.)
 - Move generation/validation/scoring use `Solver.GenerateMoves` (ranked),
   `Solver.ValidatePlay` and `Solver.ScorePlay`; board mutation uses
   `scrabble.Apply`. The engine adds its own deterministic, seeded tile **bag**

docs/FUNCTIONAL.md

@@ -117,15 +117,12 @@ First platform contact auto-provisions a durable account. From the profile a pla
 links an email (via a confirm code) or their Telegram (via the web sign-in); a guest
 who links their first identity becomes a durable account. The "already taken" status
 of an identity is never revealed before the code/sign-in is verified. If the linked
-identity already belongs to another account, the two accounts are merged into one
-(statistics summed, games and friends transferred, wallet folded, duplicates removed).
-A **durable** initiator is shown an explicit, **irreversible** confirmation first —
-consolidating two real accounts is consequential. A **guest** initiator is not: the
-durable account that owns the identity is kept, and the ephemeral guest — with its games,
-wallet and stats folded in — is retired **seamlessly**, so from the player's side it is
-simply signing into their account (the app switches to it with no prompt). A merge is
-blocked only while the two accounts share a game still in progress; a guest is then asked
-to finish that shared game before signing in.
+identity already belongs to another account, the player is shown an explicit,
+**irreversible** confirmation and the two accounts are merged into the one they are
+using (statistics summed, games and friends transferred, duplicates removed) — except
+when a guest links an identity that already has a durable account, where the durable
+account is kept and the guest's games move into it. A merge is blocked only while the
+two accounts share a game still in progress.
 
 The profile lists the account's **sign-in methods**. On the web a player can add
 Telegram (a login-widget popup) or VK (VK ID web login — a redirect to VK's sign-in and

docs/FUNCTIONAL_ru.md

@@ -121,14 +121,12 @@ Telegram держит **единого бота**: все игроки поль
 привязывает email (по confirm-коду) или свой Telegram (через веб-вход); гость,
 привязавший первую личность, становится постоянным аккаунтом. Факт «личность уже
 занята» не раскрывается до проверки кода/входа. Если привязываемая личность уже
-принадлежит другому аккаунту, два аккаунта сливаются в один (статистика суммируется,
-игры и друзья переносятся, кошелёк складывается, дубликаты убираются). **Постоянному**
-инициатору сначала показывают явное **необратимое** подтверждение — объединение двух
-настоящих аккаунтов важно. **Гостю** — нет: сохраняется постоянный аккаунт-владелец
-личности, а эфемерный гость (с его играми, кошельком и статистикой) ретайрится
-**бесшовно**, так что со стороны игрока это просто вход в свой аккаунт (приложение
-переключается на него без запроса). Слияние запрещено, только пока у аккаунтов есть
-общая незавершённая игра; гостя тогда просят сперва доиграть эту общую партию.
+принадлежит другому аккаунту, игроку показывают явное **необратимое**
+подтверждение, и два аккаунта сливаются в тот, под которым он сейчас работает
+(статистика суммируется, игры и друзья переносятся, дубликаты убираются), — кроме
+случая, когда гость привязывает личность с уже существующим постоянным аккаунтом:
+тогда сохраняется постоянный аккаунт, а игры гостя переходят в него. Слияние
+запрещено, только пока у аккаунтов есть общая незавершённая игра.
 
 В профиле перечислены **способы входа** аккаунта. В вебе игрок может добавить
 Telegram (попап логин-виджета) или VK (веб-вход VK ID — редирект на страницу входа VK и

gateway/internal/backendclient/api.go

@@ -312,12 +312,11 @@ func (c *Client) ChatAccessByUser(ctx context.Context, userID string) (ChatAcces
 }
 
 // GuestAuth provisions a guest account and mints a session, seeding its time zone
-// from browserTz (the client's detected "±HH:MM" UTC offset) and its interface
-// language from language (the client's detected locale; best-effort).
-func (c *Client) GuestAuth(ctx context.Context, browserTz, subtype, language string) (SessionResp, error) {
+// from browserTz (the client's detected "±HH:MM" UTC offset).
+func (c *Client) GuestAuth(ctx context.Context, browserTz, subtype string) (SessionResp, error) {
 	var out SessionResp
 	err := c.do(ctx, http.MethodPost, "/api/v1/internal/sessions/guest", "", "",
-		map[string]string{"browser_tz": browserTz, "subtype": subtype, "language": language}, &out)
+		map[string]string{"browser_tz": browserTz, "subtype": subtype}, &out)
 	return out, err
 }
 

gateway/internal/transcode/transcode.go

@@ -270,14 +270,13 @@ func authGuestHandler(backend *backendclient.Client) Handler {
 		// The guest bootstrap historically carried no payload; the detected zone is
 		// optional, so an absent or empty one simply yields no time-zone seed (rather
 		// than panicking in GetRootAs* on a zero-length buffer).
-		var browserTz, subtype, locale string
+		var browserTz, subtype string
 		if len(req.Payload) > 0 {
 			g := fb.GetRootAsGuestLoginRequest(req.Payload, 0)
 			browserTz = string(g.BrowserTz())
 			subtype = string(g.Subtype())
-			locale = string(g.Locale())
 		}
-		sess, err := backend.GuestAuth(ctx, browserTz, subtype, locale)
+		sess, err := backend.GuestAuth(ctx, browserTz, subtype)
 		if err != nil {
 			return nil, err
 		}

ui/src/game/Game.svelte

@@ -1451,11 +1451,12 @@
     return s.displayName;
   }
 
-  // turnLabel is the under-board status when it is not the viewer's turn, for online PvP and
-  // vs_ai (the hotseat branch of the turn strip shows the seat's own name instead): a generic
-  // "opponent's turn" rather than the opponent's name or the robot mark, so whose turn it is
-  // reads the same everywhere. The seat row below still names each player.
+  // turnLabel is the under-board status when it is not the viewer's turn: the opponent's name
+  // once they have joined, or a generic "opponent's turn" while the seat is still empty (waiting).
   function turnLabel(): string {
+    if (view?.game.vsAi) return '🤖';
+    const s = view?.game.seats[view?.game.toMove ?? -1];
+    if (s && s.accountId && s.accountId !== app.session?.userId) return s.displayName;
     return t('game.opponentsTurn');
   }
 

ui/src/lib/app.svelte.ts

@@ -662,18 +662,7 @@ async function reconcileServerGuest(): Promise<void> {
  */
 export async function applyLinkResult(r: LinkResult): Promise<void> {
   if (r.session && r.session.token) {
-    // A guest initiator's merge switches the session to the surviving durable account. Its
-    // device-local games (vs_ai / hotseat) were seated under the retired account's id, so
-    // re-point them to the survivor: the lobby and the game header identify "me" by the active
-    // account, and without this the merged-away game shows every seat as an opponent (the
-    // in-game turn logic is seat-index based, so it still plays — the summary just misreads).
-    const retiredId = app.session?.userId;
     await adoptSession(r.session);
-    const survivorId = app.session?.userId;
-    if (retiredId && survivorId && retiredId !== survivorId) {
-      const { repointLocalGameSeats } = await import('./localgame/store');
-      await repointLocalGameSeats(retiredId, survivorId);
-    }
     return;
   }
   app.profile = await gateway.profileGet();

ui/src/lib/i18n/en.ts

@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ export const en = {
   'error.chat_rejected': 'Message rejected (too long or contains contact info).',
   'error.nudge_too_soon': "Please don't rush your opponent so often.",
   'error.chat_not_your_turn': 'You can chat only on your turn.',
-  'error.merge_active_game_conflict': 'You have an unfinished game with that account. Finish it, then sign in again.',
   'error.chat_already_sent': 'You can send only one message per turn.',
   'error.game_finished': 'This game is finished.',
   'error.not_a_player': 'You are not a player in this game.',

ui/src/lib/i18n/ru.ts

@@ -312,7 +312,6 @@ export const ru: Record<MessageKey, string> = {
   'error.chat_rejected': 'Сообщение отклонено (слишком длинное или содержит контакты).',
   'error.nudge_too_soon': 'Не стоит торопить соперника так часто.',
   'error.chat_not_your_turn': 'Писать в чат можно только в свой ход.',
-  'error.merge_active_game_conflict': 'У вас есть незавершённая партия с этим аккаунтом. Доиграйте её и войдите снова.',
   'error.chat_already_sent': 'За один ход можно отправить только одно сообщение.',
   'error.game_finished': 'Эта игра уже завершена.',
   'error.not_a_player': 'Вы не участник этой игры.',

ui/src/lib/localgame/store.ts

@@ -81,26 +81,6 @@ export async function listLocalGames(): Promise<LocalGameRecord[]> {
   }
 }
 
-/** repointLocalGameSeats rewrites the account id on every stored game's seats from oldId to
- *  newId. It is run when an account merge retires the account a device-local game was seated
- *  under (a guest that logged into a durable account): the surviving account then owns the
- *  games, so the lobby and the game header identify "me" again — without it the human seat no
- *  longer matches the active account and the game shows every seat as an opponent. Best-effort;
- *  the records read from IndexedDB are plain objects, so mutating and re-saving them is safe. */
-export async function repointLocalGameSeats(oldId: string, newId: string): Promise<void> {
-  if (!oldId || !newId || oldId === newId) return;
-  for (const g of await listLocalGames()) {
-    let touched = false;
-    for (const s of g.seats) {
-      if (s.accountId === oldId) {
-        s.accountId = newId;
-        touched = true;
-      }
-    }
-    if (touched) await saveLocalGame(g);
-  }
-}
-
 /** deleteLocalGame removes a game record, swallowing any failure (best-effort). */
 export async function deleteLocalGame(id: string): Promise<void> {
   const db = openDb();